The Marine Museum at Fall River is a cultural gem and contains a wealth of Fall River Maritime History especially Steam Ship and Titanic memorabilia. Discover the art, books, models and many treasures the Marine Museum holds. This is a must see
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The Marine Museum at Fall River is a cultural gem and contains a wealth of Fall River Maritime History especially Steam Ship and Titanic memorabilia. Discover the art, books, models and many treasures the Marine Museum holds. This is a must see resource for landlubbers and mariners alike.

Carol Gafford is a public librarian, family historian, amateur archivist and book savior. She is currently the youth services/outreach librarian at the Swansea Public Library and volunteers for several museum and historical societies including the Marine Museum at Fall River, the Swansea Historical Society and the Bristol Historical and Preservation society. She is the editor of Past Times, the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists and is always looking for a new project to take on.

Patrice Bergeron’s bid to win his second straight Selke Trophy came up just short in a margin as small as the one that separated the Bruins and Blackhawks in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday.

In the award that goes to the best defensive forward in the league, Blackhawks center Jonathan Toews was a first-time winner with 1,260 points, edging Bergeron’s 1,250 points. Bergeron had three more first-place votes, 78 to 75, from the 179 members of the Professional Hockey Writers Association that submitted a ballot.

Detroit’s Pavel Datsyuk was a distant third with 737 points.

Toews was third in the league with a plus-28 rating and second in faceoff percentage at 59.9 percent, behind only Bergeron’s 62.1 percent. Bergeron was a plus-24, sixth in the league, and missed six games with a concussion.

Bergeron and Toews will continue their push for the best hardware in the Cup on Saturday night in Game 2 of the Final, three days after Chicago’s triple-overtime victory in the series opener.

Bergeron got some recognition Friday, however, in the form of the King Clancy Memorial Trophy, given "to the player who best exemplifies leadership on and off the ice and who has made a noteworthy humanitarian contribution to his community."

Bergeron has run the ‘Patrice’s Pals’ program for several years. The program brings children from local hospitals and youth organizations to a Bruins game at TD Garden. The children watch from a luxury suite, get to take pictures with Bergeron and receive autographs.

"It means a lot, it's a huge honor," Bergeron told the team’s website. "Obviously, anytime you have the chance to help out the community, it's something that speaks a lot to me and I want to do. Like I said it’s a huge honor, and I'm very happy about it. I like to lead by example and just work as hard as I can on and off the ice and help whoever I can."

Bergeron was also 12th in Lady Byng voting for sportsmanship. Bergeron received 54 points, including one first-place vote, well behind winner Martin St. Louis of the Lightning. St. Louis won for the third time with 824 points.

The NHL announced some of its awards Friday evening and will release of the winners of the premier hardware — Hart, Norris, Vezina and Calder trophies — Saturday night before Game 2 of the Cup Final.

There were no other Bruins who won awards Friday and none are finalists for any of Saturday’s awards. A few Bruins did receive votes for some of the awards revealed Friday.

In Selke balloting, Tyler Seguin (one fourth-place vote, three points), Brad Marchand (two fifth-place votes, two points) and Daniel Paille (one fifth-place vote, one point) all got some love from the PHWA. It’s the second straight year the defensively limited Seguin has gotten a vote.

Adam McQuaid was a finalist for the Masterson Trophy, which goes to the player who shows dedication to the sport of ice hockey. McQuaid returned from a life-threatening blood clot over his right collarbone last fall. The award went to Minnesota goalie Josh Harding, who returned this season after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

Neither Bruins coach Claude Julien nor general manager Peter Chiarelli received votes in awards for their fields. The Jack Adams Trophy winner as best coach went to Ottawa’s Paul MacLean and the General Manager of the Year was Pittsburgh’s Ray Shero.